A run in the FA Cup would certainly make Ipswich Town’s season seem a little brighter – but first there is the potential lower-league banana-skin to overcome.

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This week presenter Edmund Crosthwaite and Ipswich Town writer Stuart Watson talk about the sort of team Mick McCarthy could choose for the FA Cup third round tie against Lincoln City and whether there is any further movement on the transfer front (in our out) after Luke Varney’s departure.

You can catch up with all the reaction from the Blues’ defeat against QPR, and every other Town game home and away, on our dedicated Ipswich Town page, where you’ll also find action shots, crowd pictures and previous episodes of this podcast.